Polyglot Dictionary

vise

/vaɪs/

noun B1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
vises

Meaning

  1. tornillo de banco

    • He clamped the wood in the vise.

      Sujetó la madera en el tornillo de banco.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

screw

Both relate to Spanish "tornillo," but they are unrelated: vise is a clamping tool, while screw is a fastener — "tornillo de banco" uses the same root word.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa vise?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: He clamped the wood in the ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a vise?

noun

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